LITERARY VITAE

FOUR WOMEN
At fifty-six, Christina Wells has the difficult task of placing her mother, Sheri in an Alzheimer’s home. As if that task isn’t difficult enough, as she is going through her mother’s things she finds three letters and one photograph that will change her life. One actor performs the four characters Christina contacts to find the truth. Produced in Port Angeles, Wa. [2007]

IN SEARCH OF MARY TYLER MOORE
A teleplay of four teenagers who meet aliens in after school detention. Old sitcoms on Nick at Nite is their common bond. Produced in Pittsburgh, Pa. [1995]

DEAR JENNIFER
An epistolary novella about the life long friendship of Michael, a dancer who gets AIDS and Jennifer, a woman who sacrifices her career and family for her friend. This work has been performed in a staged reading in Los Angeles in an abridged form [1994] and performed at New Voices in Pittsburgh in an abridged one-act play [1996].

CIRCLE THE WAGON or
       WE'RE ALL IN THIS ALONE
An eclectic collection of short stories dealing with any, and every, thing. Various short stories have been published.

SUMMER IN BEN AVON
A novel about the relationships of three generations of one family; teenage son, his fortyish father, and grandfather over the course of one summer. Work in progress.

HENNESSEY STREET
A four character play that takes place in the kind of neighborhood which has all but vanished from our busy lives. Produced in Pittsburgh, Pa. [2000], Palm Springs, Ca.[2001], Port Angeles and Sequim, Wa. [2004].

THE GIRLS GO FISHING
A humorous novel about five woman who decide to charter a fishing boat for the day.

"WHAT DO YOU DO?"
An essay on ethics for the international magazine American Cinematographer. Published.

"MOVIETONE NEWS"
A technical article published in the SMPTE Journal, a trade magazine relating to the technical aspects of film preservation. Published. [1993]

THE LOCKER ROOM
A short story published in the Blackstone Circular, [1996] and The Brave New Tick, [1996].

SPIDER ON THE SILL
A play in two acts. "What are we gonna do about Pop?" Staged reading. [2001]

THE SITTING ROOM
A very long short story and/or play. Three famous paintings come to life when space is needed over the mantle for an original portrait with a secret. Staged reading. [2005]

FREELANCE CRITIC and contributor to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Palm Springs -The Desert Sun., Lesbian News.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC for www.NotesFromHollywood.com since 2002 and Sofa Cinema/DVD column – Sequim Gazette Newspaper since 2006.